LADY JANE v. MAHER

Civ. No. H-74-347.

420 F.Supp. 318 (1976)

LADY JANE et al., by their next friends, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. Edward W. MAHER, Individually, and as Commissioner of Welfare for the State of Connecticut, et al.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

September 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Gold, Raymond R. Norko, Legal Aid Society, Hartford, Conn., Judith Mears, Yale Legal Services, New Haven, Conn., for plaintiffs.

Edmund C. Walsh, Daniel Schaefer, Barney Lapp, Asst. Attys. Gen., Hartford, Conn., for defendants.

Before ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, and BLUMENFELD and NEWMAN, District Judges.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

BLUMENFELD, District Judge:

This case comes before this three-judge court on a complaint challenging the Abortion Services regulation1 of the Connecticut State Welfare Department which requires that all minors committed to the care of the Commissioner of Children and Youth Services obtain the written consent of the Commissioner, in his capacity as legal guardian,2 before having...

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